COVID-19 in Africa: care and protection for frontline healthcare workers

MF Chersich, G Gray, L Fairlie, Q Eichbaum… - Globalization and …, 2020‏ - Springer
Medical staff caring for COVID-19 patients face mental stress, physical exhaustion,
separation from families, stigma, and the pain of losing patients and colleagues. Many of …

[HTML][HTML] Winter is coming: a southern hemisphere perspective of the environmental drivers of SARS-CoV-2 and the potential seasonality of COVID-19

AJ Smit, JM Fitchett, FA Engelbrecht… - International journal of …, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 virus infections in humans were first reported in December 2019, the boreal
winter. The resulting COVID-19 pandemic was declared by the WHO in March 2020. By July …

Fear of COVID-19, stress, and anxiety in university undergraduate students: a predictive model for depression

AJ Rodríguez-Hidalgo, Y Pantaleón, I Dios… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Depression is a disabling illness which increases the risk of suicide. The Corona Virus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to a rise in fear, anxiety, stress, and depression …

COVID-19 fear and volatility index movements: empirical insights from ASEAN stock markets

M Sadiq, CC Hsu, YQ Zhang, F Chien - Environmental Science and …, 2021‏ - Springer
This research aims to look into the effect of COVID-19 on emerging stock markets in seven of
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations'(ASEAN-7) member countries from March 21 …

Nigeria's public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic: January to May 2020

C Dan-Nwafor, CL Ochu, K Elimian… - Journal of global …, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The novel coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, which is caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)[1] was first reported in December 2019 by …

Access to primary healthcare during lockdown measures for COVID-19 in rural South Africa: an interrupted time series analysis

MJ Siedner, JD Kraemer, MJ Meyer, G Harling… - BMJ open, 2020‏ - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives We evaluated whether implementation of lockdown orders in South Africa
affected ambulatory clinic visitation in rural Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN). Design Observational …

[HTML][HTML] Increased outbreaks of monkeypox highlight gaps in actual disease burden in Sub-Saharan Africa and in animal reservoirs

N Haider, J Guitian, D Simons, D Asogun… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
We explain research gaps on Monkeypox (MPX) virus epidemiology in endemic countries
and present hypotheses for the recent increase of MPX cases in West Africa as a possible …

Limiting the spread of COVID-19 in Africa: one size mitigation strategies do not fit all countries

S Mehtar, W Preiser, NA Lakhe, A Bousso… - The Lancet Global …, 2020‏ - thelancet.com
On March 11, 2020, when coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was declared a pandemic by WHO …

Globalisation in the time of COVID-19: repositioning Africa to meet the immediate and remote challenges

S Yaya, A Otu, R Labonté - Globalization and Health, 2020‏ - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new climate of uncertainty which is fuelling
protectionism and playing into nationalist narratives. Globalisation is under significant threat …

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer treatment and research

KS Saini, B de Las Heras, J de Castro… - The Lancet …, 2020‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has rapidly escalated into a global pandemic …